Britain announced 300 new scholarships for students from India December 11, 2015

In a step taken for boosting the number of students from India who seek to study in the UK, the nation had announced around 300 latest scholarships which are worth over 1.5 million pounds during the 2016-17.According to Sajid Javid, British Secretary of State for Business, Skills and Innovation, around 300 latest schol...

The proposed H-1B visa cut is bad for the US if implemented says Nasscom December 11, 2015

According to Nasscom, the legislation which was introduced by the two US Senators proposing 15,000 H-1B visa cut would be counterproductive for the growth of the US tech industry.The two US Senators who had proposed the bill targets the outsourcing firms that depends on the low-wage overseas employees who replaces even...

India tops the list of nations of immigrants to the UK December 10, 2015

According to the information which was revealed in the quarterly report of UK Migration Statistics, India is leading the list of nations of departure for UK immigrants.Listing the nation of the final residence among the immigrants who had migrated to the UK in the year 2014, India is leading in this list representing...

Shares of Indian IT firms drop on US plans to limit H-1B visas December 10, 2015

Shares of two major Indian IT firms dropped on Wednesday after the US Senators had set in law to slash down the number of H-1B visas which are granted to the skilled employees like IT professionals.The law proposes that such grants be offered initially to the overseas employees who earn the maximum wages. The report ...

Nasscom says comprehensive immigration changes in the US unlikely December 09, 2015

According to Nasscom, India’s IT industry body, it is not likely that any wide-ranging immigration changes would take place in the US in the immediate future, but it does not mean that threats of such random actions are missing.According to Nasscom President, R Chandrashekhar, presently, based on our data, we under...

H-1B visa problems has hit the US job offers to IIT graduates December 08, 2015

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are witnessing the drop in offers for the onsite position from the US companies, even though there has been an increase in the overall number of job offers. And this is because of the issues related to the availability of sufficient number of H-1B visas.The placement officia...

A glimpse of hope for the students who want to study in the UK December 07, 2015

The latest announcement which was made by the exchequer UK chancellor George Osborne in his statement that overseas non EU students can be removed from the official migration numbers, have been welcomed by many education experts. And if the proposal of Osborne is implemented, the foreign students that also include the ...

19% increase in arrivals of tourists from India to Australia December 04, 2015

Declining Australian dollar, better connectivity by the Indian air carrier and the targeted promotions has facilitated Australia carry on its development trajectory in travelers’ arrivals from India.According to the Nishant Kashikar, who is the Country Manager for the Indian and Gulf regions from Tourism Australia, A...